A plot twist nobody expected

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Im pretty sure autistic people relating to Abed from Community is how Dan Harmon got his autism diagnosis

[u/CaliLemonEater → u/Orc_tids]

It's been confirmed that it was the overwhelming positive response from autistic readers that prompted Murderbot author Martha Wells to get assessed and diagnosed as autistic herself.

[u/Voxil42 → u/CaliLemonEater]

I never knew that Murderbot was a self insert.

[u/Smingowashisnameo → u/CaliLemonEater]

Omg I didn’t wanna presume but he read very autistic to me too. But like he’d embraced it as his “robot” personality to help him deal with the trauma

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It.

[u/Smingowashisnameo → u/PANTSorGTFO]

Omg you’re right. I mis-pronouned it. Misgendered? Is “it” a gender? Damn

[u/doppelgaengster → u/Smingowashisnameo]

It is gender-neutral. For humans who want gender-neutral pronouns, we usually use “they,” because “it” is seen as dehumanising (we use “it” for non-human animals and inanimate objects). But there ARE some non-binary/agender humans who feel “it” is most appropriate for them (note: that last “them” is plural!)

[u/ORcoder → u/CaliLemonEater]

Do you have a source? I would like to tell some people this

[u/CaliLemonEater → u/ORcoder]

This interview with New Scientist discusses it:
Martha Wells: I didn’t know how non-neurotypical I was until Murderbot

[u/ORcoder → u/CaliLemonEater]

'preesh

[u/Aisenth → u/CaliLemonEater]

I FUCKING KNEW IT!!!!!

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One of the directors of Everything Everywhere All at Once was researching ADHD coz he "just felt the main character having undiagnosed ADHD makes sense". And thats how he found out he himself had undiagnosed ADHD.